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and that's why we are proclaiming ohio's status as america's energy gateway. and we will transform turnpike service plazas in williams and mahoning counties into showcases of ohio's advanced energy capabilities. visitors to ohio will learn, and ohioans will be reminded that ohio is producing a new kind of energy to power our future. now there will come a day when ohio will be the undisputed home of advanced energy. a day when we will have cast off those two tired little words that have been used to put us down. rust belt. because that's not who we are. [applause] >> thank you. there will come a day when the iconic image of the texas oil rig will be eclipsed by the ohio made wind turbine and solar panel. orval right once said that everything that he accomplished in his life was the result of his upbringing here in ohio. in ohio he was taught to question, explore, and to seek new answers. i believe in ohio, because that spirit is very much alive in our great state today. i believe in ohio because we have laid the foundation for growth and a thriving middle class
and that's why we are proclaiming ohio's status as america's energy gateway. and we will transform turnpike service plazas in williams and mahoning counties into showcases of ohio's advanced energy capabilities. visitors to ohio will learn, and ohioans will be reminded that ohio is producing a new kind of energy to power our future. now there will come a day when ohio will be the undisputed home of advanced energy. a day when we will have cast off those two tired little words that have been...
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there are stories like this all across america. after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again and slowly, some are starting to hire again. but i realize for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. that is why jobs must be our number one focus in 2010 and that's why i'm calling for a new jobs bill tonight. now, the true engine of job creation in this country will always be america's business. the government can create the conditions necessary for businesses to expand and hire more workers. we should start where most new jobs do, in small businesses. companies that begin when -- companies that begin when an entrepreneur -- when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream or a worker decides it's time she became her own boss. through sheer grit an
there are stories like this all across america. after two years of recession, the economy is growing again. retirement funds have started to gain back some of their value. businesses are beginning to invest again and slowly, some are starting to hire again. but i realize for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up with the anguish of not knowing where their next paycheck will come from, who send out resumes week after week and hear nothing in response. that is...
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it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero but he gave voice to the profound yearnings in the heart of america. in my lifetime, no non-jewish leader with the possible exception of franklin roosevelt had the moral quality that martin luther king had with my jewish community. my personal experience was i was at a convention of rabbis, i'm not a rabbi. martin luther king sent a telegram to the convention "i need you tomorrow." in st. augustine, florida. we didn't even know where that was. we need you tomorrow. because we're challenging segregation in public facilities. 17 people were on a plane first thing in the morning. i was
it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero...
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everybody in america can learn something from someone here. it is important to have those faces in the broad scheme of where the american population congregates. >> i'm a class of 2006 -- i have a couple of comments and the question. in the spirit of self- determination, i am haitian- american, and i was born in the nine states. i consider myself african- american and haitian-american, but i understand what monica is saying. it is important that haitians speak for haitians and haitian americans speak for haitians and that experts speak. why are the networks looking at the models the sport network said used? these coaches and players to be commentators. they put them through boot camp and teach them the rudiments of speaking in front of the camera and they unleash them. the professional journalist takes a backseat, may be anchoring a little bit, but they let the commentators the sports experts in speak. -- they let the commentators and the sports experts speak. i'm not really a fan of trying to use journalists to do that because they're not the
everybody in america can learn something from someone here. it is important to have those faces in the broad scheme of where the american population congregates. >> i'm a class of 2006 -- i have a couple of comments and the question. in the spirit of self- determination, i am haitian- american, and i was born in the nine states. i consider myself african- american and haitian-american, but i understand what monica is saying. it is important that haitians speak for haitians and haitian...
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as they do, america will be there to help. we're fortunate to have with us today three very impressive witnesses with deep knowledge of haiti and the challenges that we and the haitian people face. paul farmer is the un deputy special envoy 8 for haiti -- for haiit. ti. he has been a friend to me. he has spent a great source for me. -- has been a great resource. james dobbin has written extensively on haiti and on the challenges of reconstruction. finally, the doctor who emigrated from haiti in 1979 to study medicine, can speak to that enormous public health challenges that he faces. he is the incoming director of public health for the state of georgia. we welcome all of you in thank you for being here today. let me turn to senator lugar and we welcome your testimony as. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank you again for calling this important hearing on the rescue recovery and longer term issues in haiti. in the ongoing aftershocks since january 11 -- january 12, 2010, is one of the worst natural disasters to con
as they do, america will be there to help. we're fortunate to have with us today three very impressive witnesses with deep knowledge of haiti and the challenges that we and the haitian people face. paul farmer is the un deputy special envoy 8 for haiti -- for haiit. ti. he has been a friend to me. he has spent a great source for me. -- has been a great resource. james dobbin has written extensively on haiti and on the challenges of reconstruction. finally, the doctor who emigrated from haiti in...
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it was their emphasis of the importance of understanding what happened in order to prepare america to avoid a repetition that led to the creation of the 9/11 commission. one of the findings of the 9/11 commission was the ultimate threat to the united states was when the worst weapons fell into the hands of the worst people. that led congress to create our commission to evaluate what is our level of preparation to avoid the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly into the hands of terrorists. so it was appropriate that we started the day by giving back to the beginnings of this effort with families 9/11. our report on today comes eight years after 9/11. it comes one year after the publication of the report which was entitled world at risk, purposefully titled to indicate this is not one nation's problem, this is a global problem because it is the earth which is at risk, and one month after the failed attempt at an aviation bombing on christmas day there is some good news. the good news is particularly in the area of nuclear terrorism that the trend lines here seem to
it was their emphasis of the importance of understanding what happened in order to prepare america to avoid a repetition that led to the creation of the 9/11 commission. one of the findings of the 9/11 commission was the ultimate threat to the united states was when the worst weapons fell into the hands of the worst people. that led congress to create our commission to evaluate what is our level of preparation to avoid the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly into the...
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commissioners to see what they might have within their jurisdiction because they cover all of north america and if there is something in their files and studies have been done that might give us a sense of the dimensions of this we very much appreciate it. i would like to give you the opportunity to tell me if there's anything you know of, any place you think we should go to find this information. we will be asking you as the chairman and others have suggested asking in writing for this material. we have a chance to think about it. if there's anything you can think of now it would be very helpful. >> let me direct the commissioners, there is a report that came out on july 28th, 2009, regarding the performance of non prime mortgages and a lot of information that would be very useful to the commission. it may not cover, categorized as prime mortgages that are defaulting in record numbers. they have to find additional studies and provide it to you. >> only one other question. i think you mentioned in your statement that a option arms or explosives loans built by wall street? >> the most compli
commissioners to see what they might have within their jurisdiction because they cover all of north america and if there is something in their files and studies have been done that might give us a sense of the dimensions of this we very much appreciate it. i would like to give you the opportunity to tell me if there's anything you know of, any place you think we should go to find this information. we will be asking you as the chairman and others have suggested asking in writing for this...
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why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the nations is this: in america, working people are the middle-class. we built our middle class in the 20th century through hard work, through struggle and visionary political leadership. but a generation of distract this, greed driven economic helices as a voter that progress and now threatens our very identity as a nation. today, on every coast and in between, working women and working men are fighting to join the middle-class and to protect and to rebuild the. we crave political leadership ready to fight for the kind of america that we want t
why don't we make anything in america anymore? and why is it so hard to pass a health care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits? as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first time in their lives that team, what did i do wrong? i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among the...
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but you're broader point is a good one, that he has talked about his ultimate goal of bleeding america of blood and treasure. he equates the current battle with the united states to the battle against the soviets in the 1980's in afghanistan, he ascribes to the mujahedin in his efforts the collapse of the soviet empire, and they want to see the collapse of the u.s. we need to be cognizant of that, in terms of how we react, ensuring that we do not overreact. that is one of the challenges for this administration, not giving the terrorists to much of voice in this particular incident. host: when the president spoke yesterday, he talked about reforms for the intelligence community. i want to get your reaction to this. >> these reforms will improve the intelligence community's ability to share, analyze, and act on intelligence swiftly and effectively. in short, they will help our intelligence community to get its job better and protect american lives. but even the best intelligence cannot identify in advance of every individual who would do us harm. we need the security at our airports, por
but you're broader point is a good one, that he has talked about his ultimate goal of bleeding america of blood and treasure. he equates the current battle with the united states to the battle against the soviets in the 1980's in afghanistan, he ascribes to the mujahedin in his efforts the collapse of the soviet empire, and they want to see the collapse of the u.s. we need to be cognizant of that, in terms of how we react, ensuring that we do not overreact. that is one of the challenges for...
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it is about the terrorists and how they were going to set bombs here in america. i just hope that we are anticipating all of the various processes -- one time it was issued. this time it's underpants. what will it be the next time? and i am pretty sure you all cannot fix "-- disclose this at this point, but please disclose it for the record and the are closed hearing. what are the techniques that you are assessing so we can be on the offense, as you said, director blair, but we have to be on the offense in this regard. and i am sure that you are but i've just want to reemphasize that, because i can say for the record, i think about the small towns across america. i was a terrorist, i would not go after chicago or new york. you know where i would go? i would go to my home town of some trolly up, ill. centraliz -- centralia, illinois. is there a comment? >> yes, senator. one of the criticisms that we've talked about among ourselves is being reacted as opposed to proactive all the time did you have to be proactive and fix what went wrong. what you have identified the
it is about the terrorists and how they were going to set bombs here in america. i just hope that we are anticipating all of the various processes -- one time it was issued. this time it's underpants. what will it be the next time? and i am pretty sure you all cannot fix "-- disclose this at this point, but please disclose it for the record and the are closed hearing. what are the techniques that you are assessing so we can be on the offense, as you said, director blair, but we have to be...
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in just instance we approached the consumer federation of america. and we knew if you bypassed cfa and if you went to perhaps more of the localized chapters of cfa, their question would be, well, have you spoken to the national chapter. if you have the buy-in of the national entity, which is not always easy but if you have that buy-in, you are then in a position not only to immediately gain entree to their members with their permission but it immediately gives you that step forward in what will then be the next step, which is communicating the urgency to those local entities. and if they can reach out to their national association and get some sense that this is a worthwhile cause, we have a much better chance of getting them to join with us. so in this case we looked at these five or six broad areas which we wanted to tap into. identifying core trade association leaders forever each. we approached each of them through those best relationship means. and really the goal was to get them to endorse a mission statement. and i'll talk very soon about core
in just instance we approached the consumer federation of america. and we knew if you bypassed cfa and if you went to perhaps more of the localized chapters of cfa, their question would be, well, have you spoken to the national chapter. if you have the buy-in of the national entity, which is not always easy but if you have that buy-in, you are then in a position not only to immediately gain entree to their members with their permission but it immediately gives you that step forward in what will...
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wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and support teachers in general. one of the things that we focus on that we found in our high performers is their ability to invest students in their work. chubb says in his paper, students begin lessons unmotivated. they will simply not make the hard effort necessary to learn. degreed. i couldn't degree more. but i'm not sure that technology will motivate students. i mean -- i'm not sure how you get students to engage in the technology if they have this pass of not being successful and don't feel like they want to engage in the work and doubt their own ability to do the work. so for me, i don't see te
wilson mentions teacher u, which our folks, teachers america folks in new york participant in teacher u, i'd like to talk a little bit about how we approach this work. we have a textbook that we developed called teaching is leadership. we're releasing a version actually this month or early next month. we're hoping to share the knowledge that we've accumulated by looking at our exceptional teachers and really enter into a conversation in this sector about what we can do to better prepare and...
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protecting america's great outdoors. it is important to pause just for a second and for us here at interior to recognize that in that act, it was one of the first major bills signed by president obama into law. and with the stroke of a pen, the president on that day, in the white house, in front of the national conservation leadership and the leadership of congress, created two million acres of wilderness, added more than 1,000 miles in the national wild and scenic river system and authorized three national parks, four new national conservation areas, one new national monument and created into law the lanscape conservation system for the land management which covers over 25 million acres. that legislation was a terrific starlet for president obama and for the conservation legacy which we want to build here ate interior and with this country. to build on that we have taken the $3 billion that came to us with the recovery act and we have invested it into america's landscapes. we have also reopened the crown of the statue
protecting america's great outdoors. it is important to pause just for a second and for us here at interior to recognize that in that act, it was one of the first major bills signed by president obama into law. and with the stroke of a pen, the president on that day, in the white house, in front of the national conservation leadership and the leadership of congress, created two million acres of wilderness, added more than 1,000 miles in the national wild and scenic river system and authorized...